The Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry. One of the most prestigious concert halls in all of America. Home to country music and located in the great city of Nashville, Tennessee.

The Opry house has a special place in my heart because our show choir has performed show choir nationals in that very venue every other year for the last ten years. The building has a special aroma around it for me. This year we are going down to Nashville once again, and the excitement I have is contagious. For one Nashville, Tennessee is my favorite city in the United States, and also I get to perform in a place that icons have performed in. Just thinking about it gives me chills. I have experienced this place two years ago when my sister was in Happiness Inc., and the feeling that has been with me since that day is a sense of pride. Watching them perform on that stage made me want to someday be them, and now that dream will come true in a little over a month.

What is cool about the Opry you might ask? What separates it what other venues? First off it's made of wood giving it an old, majestic sort of feel. The word "Grand" also lives up to its meaning. Walking into the hall it feels like the walls just burst open, the room is so spacious and the amount of seating in what looks like a smaller building is incredible. The acoustics are so live that every seat in the house feels like a front row spot. The Grand Ole Opry made me speechless, and walking into it two years later, I expect nothing different. A trademark that makes the Opry unique is that on the actual stage the very front and center is always lit. Even when the house closes for the night it always remains lit. I think that's so cool and being able to walk through and dance in that space is going to be unforgettable. Country music legends have sat there in that very spotlight and have performed some of the greatest songs ever created am I'm about to share that space. I may sound weird by saying that because it's just a spot on the floor right? To me it's more than that though. The history I've had and the history of country music has made that Opry house into a temple. It's almost like the opera house in Phantom of the Opera. During that movie when the people walk in the main song blares, the cobwebs are all cleaned, and the black and white movie turns into color. The opera house because elegant and lively. That feeling happens to me when I walk into the Grand Ole Opry.

In a months' time I will be fulfilling one of the biggest dreams of mine in Nashville, Tennessee with a group that means more to me than just a name on a shirt. Being up in the bright lights of center stage will give me a burst of energy like nothing before. The Grand Ole Opry is the heart of country music, and is about to be home to a life changing experience.